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Chapter 11 Flashcards

Middle Childhood -Biosocial

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1
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What is the healthiest period in childhood?

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Middle Childhood - ages 6-11

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Growth and Strengths

  • Growth is slow and steady; self-care is easy
  • Children depend less on their families
  • Muscles become stronger, can run faster
  • Are able to eat enough, or too much
  • Earlier malnutrition is evident in height
  • Improved medical and oral care in the U.S
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Study Facts

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The following are all benefits of __________ _________?

  • Better overall health, including less asthma
  • Less obesity
  • Appreciation of cooperation and fair play
  • Improved problem-solving ability
  • Respect for teammates and opponents of many -ethnicities and nationalities
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Physical Activity

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4
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Body mass index (BMI) is calculated by…

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… A person’s body weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.

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In a child, having a BMI above the 85th percentile.

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Overweight

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In a child, having a BMI above the 95th percentile.

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Obesity

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Social influences on obesity:

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school lunches, snack machines, subsidies for corn oil but not fresh veggies, food advertising, etc.

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Parenting influences on obesity:

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infants not breast fed, too much T.V., drink soda, no exercise, poor family eating habits

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9
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___________can be genetically predisposed

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Heredity

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10
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A chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that makes it difficult to breathe.

Signs and symptoms include :
wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

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Asthma

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11
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______________children are overprotected from viruses and bacteria

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Contemporary

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12
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Some experts suggest a __________ _________ for the current increase in all allergies.

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hygiene hypothesis

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13
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3 Preventions of Asthma

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Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

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Prevention of Asthma

-changes in society such as better ventilation, less pollution, etc.

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Primary

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Prevention of Asthma

-decrease among high-risk children by breast feeding, family exercise, less dust, smoke and cockroaches

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Secondary:

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Prevention of Asthma

-prompt use of injections, inhalers and hypoallergenic materials

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Tertiary:

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17
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Maturing corpus callosum helps ______ and _____

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balance and two-handed coordination

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18
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Myelination speeds up ______ and _______.

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thought & behavior

19
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Prefrontal cortex begins to ______,_____ and ______.

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plan, monitor and evaluate

20
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time it takes to respond to a stimulus physically or cognitively

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Reaction time:

21
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ability to concentrate on some stimuli while ignoring others

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Selective attention:

22
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process in which repetition of a sequence of thoughts & actions makes the sequence routine

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Automatization:

23
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The potential to master a specific skill or to learn a certain body of knowledge

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Aptitude:

24
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____ ______ is a test designed to measure intellectual aptitude.

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IQ test:

25
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Originally, intelligence was defined as ______age divided by __________ age, times 100–hence the term intelligence quotient, or IQ.

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Mental age divided by chronological age

26
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_____ test is a measure of mastery or proficiency in reading, mathematics, writing, science, or some other subject.

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Achievement test:

27
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The most important for school-age children is ________ aptitude, or the ability to learn in school, which is usually measured by an IQ test

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intellectual aptitude

28
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The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the decades in many nations.

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Flynn effect -

29
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Critisisms of testing

  • No test can measure the complexities of the human brain
  • Studies show that people inherit a set of abilities and not a general intellectual ability
  • Scores on tests change
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Facts to study

30
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Robert Sternberg (1996) 3 multiple intelligences:

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− Academic: IQ and achievement tests
− Creative: imaginative endeavors
− Practical: everyday problem solving

31
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These are significant in adulthood when practical intelligence is more relevant than academic intelligence.

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The three intelligences

Academic, Creative and Practical

32
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Howard Gardner (1983, 1999, 2006)    
    − 9 intelligences are: 
− people excel in some more than others
− influential in education, especially with children
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linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, existential

33
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Brain scan facts:

  • One way to measure the mind is to measure the brain
  • Interpretations of brain scans are controversial
  • Brain fitness correlates with physical fitness
A

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34
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Links the study of typical development with the study of disorders.

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Developmental Psychopathology

35
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presence of 2 or more unrelated disease conditions at the same time in the same person

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Comorbid-

36
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A condition in which a person is inattentive, impulsive, and overactive and thus has great difficulty concentrating for more than a few moments

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):

37
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A condition where the person has extreme mood swings that are not caused by outside experiences.

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Bipolar disorder:

38
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A marked delay in a particular area of learning that is caused by an apparent physical disability, by mental retardation, or by an unusually stressful home environment.

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Learning disability:

39
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Unusual difficulty with reading; thought to be the result of some neurological underdevelopment.

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Dyslexia:

40
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developmental disorder marked by an inability to relate to other people normally, extreme self-absorption, and an inability to acquire normal speech.

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Autism:

41
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Any of several disorders characterized by impaired communication, inadequate social skills, and unusual patterns of play.

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Autistic spectrum disorder:

42
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disorder characterized by extreme attention to details and deficient social understanding.

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Asperger syndrome-

43
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Changing laws and practices:
−least restrictive environment (LRE)
−response to intervention
−individual education plan (IEP)

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Psychology 235 (24 decks)

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